Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:22:55 06/10/00
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On June 10, 2000 at 04:59:36, Torstein Hall wrote: >On June 09, 2000 at 22:44:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 09, 2000 at 15:55:21, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >> >>>On June 09, 2000 at 13:01:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On June 09, 2000 at 11:24:51, aloysius wrote: >>>> >>>>>Where can I find really _very_simple_ chess programs' source codes? >>>> >>>> >>>>In your dreams, probably. >>>> >>>>:) >>>> >>>>Chess is non-trivial. What you are really asking is "where can I find a >>>>program that is pretty well state-of-the-art _and_ has a simple source. I >>> >>>Where did he say "state-of-the-art"? Or that he wanted a trivial program? >>> >>>TSCP is simple and sounds ideal for aloysius. >> >>If you would only read. I said "what you _really_ are asking for is..." Nobody >>is really looking for a program that is not competitive. They are looking for >>a strong program that is very simple... something that won't be found. >> > >Perhaps I should not mix myself into this disussion, but... > >I think you are wrong on this RH. There could be several reasons for wanting a >"simple" chess program. Learning, small size, etc. etc. And I do not think >anyone would expect a really_very_simple_chessprogram to be state-of-art. Would >you? > >Torstein I could _easily_ be wrong. Which is why I put my "suggested implied question" in quotes before I answered. I don't know of _anybody_ that really wants a program that is not competitive. It is possible... but I really doubt it. As far as your question, however, I am reasonably sure about my answer. I get a lot of requests via email. I used to refer them to TSCP, but I got a lot of "but that doesn't compete with program XYZ at all, that doesn't have this feature, that program doesn't do this or that, etc." I then refer them to Crafty. "But that is way too big and hard to understand." That is what I based my answer on... a significant amount of experience answering that question over and over and over... with no satisfactory answer available. > > >Torstein > >> >>> >>>http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~kerrigat >>> >>>-Tom
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